唐诗三百首古文英译(114)

登岳阳楼

（五言律诗）

杜甫

昔闻洞庭水，今上岳阳楼。吴楚东南坼，乾坤日夜浮。

亲朋无一字，老病有孤舟。戎马关山北，凭轩涕泗流。

ON THE GATE-TOWER AT (YUEYANG)YOUZHOU

(Five-character-regular-verse)

Du Fu

    I had always heard of Lake Dongting, And now at last I have climbed to this tower. With Wu country to the east of me and Chu to the south, I can see heaven and earth endlessly floating.

    But no word has reached me from kin or friends. I am old and sick and alone with my boat. North of this wall there are wars and mountains. And here by the rail how can I help crying?

[诗人简介] 

    杜甫（712－770），字子美，号少陵野老，祖籍湖北襄阳，出生于河南巩县。初唐诗人杜审言之孙，盛唐时诗人，代表作有“三吏”（《新安吏》《石壕吏》《潼关吏》）“三别”（《新婚别》《垂老别》《无家别》）等。唐肃宗时，官左拾遗，后入蜀，做剑南节度府检校工部员外郎，故又称杜拾遗、杜工部。忧国忧民，一生写诗1500多首，诗艺精湛，后世尊称为“诗圣”。

（江湖侠客吴仲湛  编辑)